All of our project areas are impacted to one degree or another with the fallout of the pandemic. We have been working with each of our partners to determine the...
A year ago, while meeting with the teachers from the JONG after-school program, I learned that many of the teachers do not have toilets. I learned this from Anunsia, who,...
Reaseathi was a woman from a low-caste tribe called Vallayar. We know little about her life, but it must have been a very troubled one, for she ended her own...
We believe strongly in the value of educating girls. Not only does an education help the girls achieve lives of reduced poverty, but they become better mothers so benefits extend...
When I mention to people that we’re expanding our program in Guatemala to include street children, the most common question I get is, “Why are they living on the streets?...
Contradictions enveloped our recent trip to Honduras. Before the trip began, concerned friends warned me that “people are leaving Honduras, not coming”. Unknowingly, I entered the country with preconceived ideas...
BY KYMBER WALTMUSSEN, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF RIVETED KIDS This story comes from our recent trip to Matungen, Kenya. We traveled with good friends – who else can you talk into...
Does anyone actually “win” in war? It’s hard to believe so, when you see the terrible suffering inflicted on the many innocent families that invariably get caught in the middle...
Business Day – 12 Dec 2018: “Never has one nation dominated a discipline in quite the way Kenya has come to own long-distance running. At last weekend’s Singapore marathon, Kenyans...
My daughter, Brenna, left Guatemala this morning, and I will be staying on for two more weeks. To ensure she arrived safely at the airport in Guatemala City, I decided...